#BAA53A#BAA53A

#BAA53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA53A
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -4.50, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 56.04, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0175 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.4702, 37.6565, 9.4549)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA53A #3A4FBA

analogous

#BA653A #BAA53A #8FBA3A

triadic

#BAA53A #3ABAA5 #A53ABA

tetradic

#BAA53A #3ABA65 #3A4FBA #BA3A8F

square

#BAA53A #3ABA65 #3A4FBA #BA3A8F

split-complementary

#BAA53A #3A8FBA #653ABA

monochromatic

#5D521D #8B7C2B #BAA53A #CEBD63 #DDD192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BAA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA53A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA53A	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf76',
    500: '#baa53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa53a;
$custom-light: #d2bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72062,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA53A

secondary

#8892C8

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA53A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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